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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1999
Page
5
The Chetwynd Echo invites reader letters on any subject. Letters must include sender name and contact details for verification. unsigned letters will not be published. Mail or fax to Box 750 Chetwynd BC VOC 110. fax number 250 788 9988.
A gathering of about 50 northern residents outside the University of British Columbia urged improved child care. Minister Lois Boone attended with Nicole Young, a UNBC student and mother, describing the lack of daycare, low wages, and difficulties for shift workers, urging subsidies, better training, and workplace childcare to support early development.
A reader defends Dr. Kelly Barnard and criticizes Dr. Paul Mackey over comments about rural health care. The letter notes the Northern Isolation Allowance was cut by six percent for Fort St John and redistributed to small northern communities, raising their allowance from 20 percent to 30 percent. The writer commends the efforts of Dr. Mike Wright in Fort St John.
BC Chamber leaders urge business owners to unite and push local forums to identify conditions and prioritize action. They criticize tax cuts as token measures and say government is aloof from business issues while noting forestry job losses but optimism in resource and skilled labor strength.
The area wide competition now awards the prize to the school with the highest phone books per capita collected within the district. BC Tel and Telus books are accepted until October end, with totals tallied and the winner announced before recycling proceeds begin at C.A.R.E.S. for Chetwynd and area.
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